Best C.S. Harris Books

Harris uses the brutal slaughter of eight young women to explore 1812 London's social reform movements and political corruption. Hero Jarvis proves as compelling an investigator as St. Cyr himself.

How do you investigate a murder no one can admit occurred? Sebastian St. Cyr confronts this puzzle when a illegally-obtained corpse reveals a Foreign Office star's suspicious death in 1812 London.

London's reform-minded Bishop lies bludgeoned in a crypt beside another victim killed decades earlier—Sebastian St. Cyr must unravel connections spanning generations.

Sebastian investigates when Hero's friend, an antiquarian studying Arthurian legends, is found dead at the site she claimed was Camelot.

Sons of London's elite turn up murdered in public places with their bodies mutilated and bizarre objects stuffed in their mouths, forcing Sebastian St. Cyr to track a methodical killer.

Sebastian St. Cyr's investigation of a murdered French doctor in London's slums uncovers a decades-old mystery that threatens his pregnant wife Hero.

Sebastian St. Cyr investigates the brutal murder of a 15-year-old street child in 1813 London, racing to find the boy's missing sister before she meets the same horrific fate.

July 1815's celebration of Waterloo turns to horror when Lady McInnis and her daughter Emma are found murdered, mirroring brutal slayings from fourteen years past.

Russell Yates insists he's innocent of murdering diamond merchant Benjamin Eisler, but the evidence looks damning in Regency London. Historical mystery that weaves together personal betrayals and larger conspiracies with skill.

Sebastian St. Cyr investigates a vicious decapitation that forces him to confront both London's slave trade connections and enemies from his own history. Murder mystery meets social commentary in 1813's brutal realities.

Viscount Devlin confronts his family's tragic past while investigating murders in post-Napoleonic France. Harris weaves historical detail with personal revelations in her seventeenth mystery.

June 1815: As Napoleon faces his final battle, a murdered officer surfaces in London's murky waters, pulling Sebastian into wartime conspiracy.

Harris sends Sebastian to a quiet village to honor a dead friend, but a widow's body by the river reveals that Ayleswick-on-Teme hides deadly secrets.

A marchioness dies in the Prince Regent's arms wearing a necklace that supposedly went down with Sebastian's mother years earlier. This 1811 Brighton mystery forces Sebastian to investigate both a murder and his family's buried secrets.

Young musician Jane Ambrose's brutal murder connects to Princess Charlotte, pulling Sebastian St. Cyr into treacherous royal politics. Harris weaves historical detail with mystery as winter London becomes a character itself.

Harris launches her historical mystery series with a nobleman framed for murder in 1811 London, blending period atmosphere with sharp detective work.